This summer a friend had a scare after a visit to the dermatologist. Information she learned there led me to get my first skin check earlier this week. I have a lot of moles and years of lifeguarding with little or no protection prodded me that this was probably necessary.
The dermatologist found a skeptic looking mole within what seemed like seconds and before I knew it I was being numbed for a biopsy. They cut it out, stitched me up with 2 stitches and I was on my way. I found out today that there were precancerous cells and that they were able to get them all out with the biopsy. I now need skin checks on a regular basis. So, turned out to be a good ending for both my friend and I.
http://www.skincancer.org can provide a lot of good information. Hopefully this will prod some of my readers to consider this quick procedure to keep us all healthy.
1 comment:
Great advice Melinda! So glad to hear that the Dr. was able to remove all of the precancerous cells. Your blog was a reminder to me that Dan and I should both schedule skin checks in the near future too...
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